Instagram moves to face rising tide of sextortion scams


The company is also implementing restrictions on a scammer's ability to view follower lists and interactions, as well as preventing screenshots in private messages. — Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO: Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, on Thursday announced new measures to fight sextortion, a form of online blackmail where criminals coerce victims, often teens, into sending sexually explicit images of themselves.

The measures include stricter controls on who can follow or message teen accounts and safety notices in Instagram direct messages and Facebook Messenger about suspicious cross-country conversations.

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